Any way arond the geo-targeting?

Discussion in 'Google' started by frankcow, Jul 8, 2008.

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    I have a .ca domain that used to have good rankings for a number of keywords. However, recently all rankings dropped in google.com, but the site still ranks high in google.ca

    Obviously Google is geo-targeting the site. Is there any way to of this to get back into the global index?

    What if I used a .com or .net domain and redirected the site?


    Thanks
     
    frankcow, Jul 8, 2008 IP
  2. frankcow

    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    Come on, someone here must have come up against this at some point!
     
    frankcow, Jul 9, 2008 IP
  3. cavepro

    cavepro Peon

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    #3
    go to google's webmaster tools. You should be able to set geo-targeting from there.
     
    cavepro, Jul 9, 2008 IP
  4. frankcow

    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    Yes, but for any .ca domain, you get "Your site's domain (.CA) is already associated with the country/region: Canada"
     
    frankcow, Jul 9, 2008 IP
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    indigobean2003 Active Member

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    No, there is nothing you can do.
     
    indigobean2003, Jul 10, 2008 IP
  6. frankcow

    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    Do you know of any documentation on it anywhere to back that up?
     
    frankcow, Jul 11, 2008 IP
  7. manish.chauhan

    manish.chauhan Well-Known Member

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    As your domain is associated with Canada only..It itself shows that you are willing to promote your website in Canada only...if you want to promote your website globally..it will be better you come up with a new .com domain...:)
     
    manish.chauhan, Jul 11, 2008 IP
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    soolmaan Active Member

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    I know that this will not help much. But maybe get a .com .net .info .org domainname, I believe you can geo target this TLD.
     
    soolmaan, Jul 11, 2008 IP
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    brian65 Active Member

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    I'm facing the same question with a .co.uk domain. The only advice I can get says get a new .com domain and begin building links to that. Also keep the content different. In other words, start from scratch.
     
    brian65, Jul 11, 2008 IP